The older style Pennsy signal bridge is still in use, but the new style signals are about to be put into use which means the old style signal bridge will be removed. This view is looking west toward Horseshoe Curve.

Photo Date:

10/14/2011 Upload Date: 10/19/2011 12:24:00 AM

Location:

Altoona, PA

Author:

Bob Rule, Jr.

Categories:

Locomotives:

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Title:

EB coal train

Description:

A pair of C40-9Ws lead an east bound coal train into Altoona, having passed under the 17th Street bridge.

Westbounder glides around the downgrade curve at Cassandra overlook. This is the daily trash train with the helpers on the headend. Hey, would you want to be on the helpers if they were on the hind end of this train?

#15 sits just north of the Orbisonia Station, waiting to back into the yard area and head for the turntable at the end of a great day. Thanks millions for a great charter go out to Peter Lerro and his crew as well as the crew from the East Broad Top Railroad.

#15s pops lift as she rests quietly on the turntable in the Orbisonia yard. As you can see by the large oak pole at the left end of the table, this turntable is an armstrong type table, requiring 2-4 men with strong backs to turn the engines.

Here you see part of the group taking their pictures in the Orbisonia Yard at about 10pm. #17 is not actually under her own steam. The use of smoke pods put down the stack gives the illusion of a live engine.

As others have gathered around the Orbisonia turntable for pix, I walked over to the station to sit down and rest my hurting knees. As I looked around I felt this scene would make a nice night photo. Picture was taken with existing light.